Nootka
| Language of origin | Wakashan language family Nuu-chah-nulth language |
| Feature Type: | Landing (1) - A coastal or shore location where boats may put in to load or unload. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On Northland Navigation Company, E side of Nootka Island, Nootka Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°36'59"N, 126°37'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92E/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Nootka (P.O. and Str. Ldg) adopted 6 November 1934 on 92E/10 as an established name and as listed in 1924 Gazetteer and as labeled on Reference Map 2C "Vancouver Island, Northerly" (1919). Feature type change 3 December 1959 to landing, as labeled on C. 3661, as post office closed 6 December 1953. Likely named in association with Nootka Sound and Island. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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For historical background see file 92E/10 and the card for Yuquot River. For origin, see Nootka Sound. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |